اعقِلوا الخبرَ إذا سمعتموهُ عقلَ رعايةٍ لا عقلَ روايةٍ، فإنَّ رواةَ العلمِ كثيرٌ ورعاتَهُ قليل.
When you hear something, hold it the way a steward would, not a carrier. Carriers of knowl- edge are many. Stewards are few.
اعقِلوا الخبرَ إذا سمعتموهُ عقلَ رعايةٍ لا عقلَ روايةٍ، فإنَّ رواةَ العلمِ كثيرٌ ورعاتَهُ قليل.
When you hear something, hold it the way a steward would, not a carrier. Carriers of knowl- edge are many. Stewards are few.
These quotes come from Alone with the Alone, a 264-page bilingual hardcover of 113 quotes from Ali Ibn Abi Talib, with footnotes and an afterword.
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